File List Export — Turn any folder into a list of files
File List Export
Version 3.0

Turn any folder into a list of files

List every photo, video, document, or file on your Mac — then export it to Excel, PDF, CSV, HTML, JSON, or Markdown.

macOS 11 or later · No data collected

File List Export main window

Everything about your files, in one list

Point it at a folder and get a complete, editable table you can search, filter, and export anywhere.

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Any folder, instantly

Select a folder or drag & drop files to list every file and folder — optionally including all subfolders.

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Export anywhere

Save to Excel, CSV, TSV, PDF, HTML, JSON, or Markdown — or copy the whole list to the clipboard.

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Search & filter

Preview and edit before exporting. Filter by kind — list only your photos, videos, audio, or PDFs.

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Photo thumbnails

Build an Excel file with picture thumbnails for a visual index of all your images.

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Fast, parallel scanning

Metadata for images, audio, and video is read in parallel across your CPU cores.

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Private by design

Everything runs on your Mac. No accounts, no tracking — the app collects no data.

Export to the format you need

Excel.xlsx / .xls, with thumbnails
CSV & TSVUniversal delimited text
PDFPaginated, printable table
HTMLSearchable, sortable catalog
JSONTyped, for automation
MarkdownReady for docs & wikis
ClipboardPaste into any spreadsheet

Take a look

Capture every detail

Choose exactly which of 36+ columns to include for each file.

Basics

Name, kind, size, path, date modified, date created, comments, tags, version, pages.

Audio

Artist, title, album, track no, genre, year, duration, bit rate, sample rate, channels, encoding app.

Images

Dimensions, pixel width & height, total pixels, DPI, color space, color profile, alpha channel, creator.

Video

Bit rate, total bit rate, codecs.

Checksums

MD5 and SHA-256 for verifying and de-duplicating files.

Photo EXIF

Camera & lens, ISO, f-number, focal length, flash, date taken, copyright, GPS latitude/longitude, and a Maps link.

Loved by Mac users

★★★★★

“This bit of heaven not only gives me a list of names but attributes, file size, the file name and the file path as separate entities.”

App Store review · United States
★★★★★

“Stable and does just what it says.”

App Store review · Australia
★★★★★

“A classic example of an application that performs a single task but it plays to the fullest.”

App Store review · Italy
★★★★★

“If what you need is to list a folder into an Excel spreadsheet, this is the application you were looking for. Totally recommended!”

App Store review · Chile

Ready to list your files?

Download on the Mac App Store
 

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